WHO WE ARE

Café Hope is a nonprofit culinary arts and life skills program for opportunity youth ages 17-24 throughout the Greater New Orleans area. Café Hope was established in 2010 with a goal to meet the needs of the opportunity youth population so they can further themselves along the path to self-sufficiency and have fulfilling futures as valuable and contributing members of their community.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Café Hope is committed to providing opportunity youth throughout the Greater New Orleans area with tools needed to enter the real world—and succeed. As a faith-based organization rooted in our nonprofit restaurant, we’ve created a program designed for full-service culinary training partnered with life skills courses that gives students the confidence to have fulfilling futures as leaders in their community.